François Lapointe at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 2nd, 2013. See this statement in context.

May 2nd, 2013 / 5:35 p.m.

NDP

François Lapointe NDP Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

I would like to emphasize that the SMEs in the regions are affected. Is there a chance of stopping the cancellation by 2017, which would leave us a little time? Can we hope that the SME sector, particularly in the regions, will get an opportunity to say that this is a bad reform? We cannot say that there is equality with the chartered banks.

I will stop troubling you with that question on the day the chartered banks arrive in Tourville and Saint-Pamphile to provide an SME with $100,000 in financing. For the moment, that is entirely false. The SMEs, particularly in the regions, will suffer without the credit unions and caisses populaires.

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